What's this? PowerColor HD 3850 PCS 512MB AGP!!

The rumours have been out for a while of the new ATI AGP cards. But look, is this confirmation?

http://www.powercolor.com/Global/p [...] uctID=1730




Please, no posts like "nuke AGP", or "kill AGP already". We've seen them before.

It might be old news to some but not to me. I thought my 1950 Pro AGP was going to be my LAST upgrade for my old rig. I suppose not. Might squeeze another year out of my rig with this card.

Da Worfster

I'd think a Thermaltake 500W would be enough. I'm guessing the card will need less power than a 1950pro or XT.

You think? I'm sure that's more than enough. You'd probably be able to run this if you have a solid 300/350 watt power supply.

Don't forget about your other bottlenecking nemeses...chipsets and RAM. I am curious for the benchmarks to start rolling out to see how it performs but I get the feeling that the low power consumption will be the most attractive feature of this card rather than a performance boost. It could allow a lot of people with old AGP cards and small PSUs to be able to upgrade without having to get a frickin 500 W power sucking unit

I half way agree with you...AGP probably could be pushed further but for investment purposes, companies at some point have to drop the slower technology to focus on developing with the faster.